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    New Credit Card Regulations

    I am going to close one of my accounts when it is paid off, even if this brings down my score. I'm at the point where I really don't care, anymore.
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    "Industrial" metals a good investment?

    Then, it would be smarter to hold stock in a South African mining company, right? How does one buy stock in one of those?
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    Another blow for the Big3?

    When the Big3 started advertising those SUV's...we call them Urban Assault Vehicles, We would shake our heads and say," what are they thinking?" The wealthy bought them, but other folks went to smaller cars, meaning foreign manufacturers made off. We have the technology available to get along...
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    Your Thoughts on the Economy?

    Most people purchase homes without a lawyer, where I live, and most of the time the lawyer can't make significant changes to a contract without risking the buyer's ability to purchase it.
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    Fourteen?

    She apparently turned down those offers. I can't imagine that she would jeopardize any public opinion shifts by doing a porn movie, even though doing so is no reflection on her parenting abilities. The USA is still a little too petty for her to take the risk.
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    Fourteen?

    I thought getting social services in the form of housing, food, and clothing meant you were destitute! Does med-cal consider her financial aid for college in her income? If so, how much will it count towards her ability to support her household? IF she's looking at welfare for support...
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    Mardi Gras!

    I saw a few clips on TV and the parade looked just as large as it has been in the past. I heard that hotel reservations were down, though. The economy can't be helping tourism anywhere!
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    Does recession hit your pocket?

    What happened? Did they lower your pr drastically or did they change their TOS, again, and ban your blog as a result?
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    Manufacturing making a comeback?

    I think that may be coming to an end, but taxing these imports to bring them up beyond the prices of the US made products would be the logical change needed to bring that manufacturing back into the USA. The tax loopholes companies have been using to maintain their outsourcing habits are...
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    Families and the Mortgage Crises

    It occurs to me that we probably have no choice. The Chinese are entering their industrial revolution, and their consumption rates have skyrocketed. I have wondered if the Chinese might not actually use force to keep the oil fields, once they realize that their industrialization is happening...
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    The Chimp Attack...

    I remember that! Did that fellow ever recover? I thnk there was an interview stating that he had a stroke while on stage, and the tiger was actually tying to pull him off stage. Of course, humans have no scruff to grab, so the flesh couldn't take the trauma. Did anyone else hear about that?
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    Another blow for the Big3?

    I wonder how many government grants it would take to set up a fabrication operation, using one of those machines, computers, and some good workers?
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    Manufacturing making a comeback?

    It makes total sense. Why in the world would educators and other leaders, continue to push a college education, knowing that economists see the lack of manufacturing as a real weakness? Do you think they are hiding another motive behind the college push?
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    Fourteen?

    I wonder whey she wouldn't marry him but is wiling to maintain ties through children? I wonder if she always intended to live with her parents, and if having all these kids was a way to always get aid? I am probably way out in left field on that.
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    Mardi Gras!

    A friend of mine tries to talk me into going every single year, and I refuse, every single year. There's something about all of those people in one area that makes me incredibly nervous.
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    Fourteen?

    Might the state go after the sperm donor for child support? In most cases, the donor is anonymous, so he's never pursued. In this case, the octo-mom, I love that name, has had contact with the donor, meaning he's not anonymous. I have a feeling the donor might be in for some hard times!
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    Families and the Mortgage Crises

    I hope the momentum behind alternative energy will keep growing. If we don't take advantage of the need for change now, we'll get jerked around by OPEC and other foreign countries forever.
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    TV Seasons on DVD

    We started watching LOST on the Sci-Fi channel, but programming has been rescheduled a few times and we have lost track, and lost interest, in watching the show on tv. We'll probably rent seasons to find out what happens!
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    Man vs. Wild

    Are you kidding!? I am surprised the clip was shown anywhere outside of promos for the show on Discovery Channel. What did the Talk Soup host say about the clip?
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    Double, or triple, duty coffee table...

    I would love to make a coffee table with storage for some of my jewelry projects, that could also have the legs changed for conversion into a small dining table it into a dining table. Has anyone seen anything like this? Where might I look for some basic plans that I could modify?
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